. Make up between 5% and 10% of the population (depending on who you ask)
. More likely to have allergies
. More prone to migraines
. More likely to be insomniacs
. Use the right side of the brain the most
. Three times more likely to become alcoholics ¨C the right side of the brain has a lower tolerance to alcohol!
. More likely to be on extreme poles of the intelligence scale
. Tend to reach puberty 4 to 5 months later than right handers
. More likely to suffer stuttering and dyslexia
. Twice as likely to be a man
. Better at 3D perception and thinking
. Better at multi-tasking
. Live on average 9 years less than right handed people
. 39% more likely to be homosexual

Interesting Left Handed Trivia

. Make especially good baseball players, tennis players, swimmers, boxers and fencers (almost 40% of the top tennis players are lefties)
. Celebrate left handed day once a year ¨C August 13th ¨C
* International Left Handers Day *
. Draw figures facing to the right
. Recover from strokes faster
. More likely to pursue creative careers
. Of the seven most recent U.S Presidents, 4 have been left handed
. Left handed college graduates go on to become 26% richer than right handed graduates
. On a QWERTY keyboard there are 1447 English words typed solely with the left hand, whilst only 187 are typed with the right hand.

Bizarre Lefty Titbits

. Adjust to seeing underwater quicker
. Less able to roll their tongue than a righty
. Nails grow faster on the left hand than the right (fingerpicking advantage anyone?)